Whose oratorical skills helped him overcome the handicap of undistinguished ancestry, earn a consulship, and serve as one of the Senate's leaders during the First and Second Triumvirates?
A) Cicero
B) Cato the Elder
C) Lucretius
D) Virgil
E) Marcus Aurelius
Answer: A
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Before the Civil War, the land __________ was designated as “Indian Country” by the U.S. government.
a) west of the Mississippi b) east of the Mississippi c) north of the Great Lakes d) south of the Great Lakes
The switch to plantations and a change in agriculture in southeast Asia resulted in which outcome?
A. Colonials engaging local elites to switch from sustenance crops to commodities. B. Foreign recruitment for increased labor on plantations for tea and rubber. C. Artificially maintaining low wages to keep plantations economically competitive. D. Forced labor through a process of "shanghaied" induction. E. All of these.
According to recent figures, the number of people that are illiterate is
a. 1.4 billion. b. 800 million. c. 3.6 billion. d. 2.5 billion. e. 550 million.
Were the beliefs of early Hindus and Buddhists fundamentally the same? Why or why not? Why was Buddhism able to make such inroads among the Indian people at a time when Brahmanical beliefs had long been dominant in the subcontinent?
What will be an ideal response?